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Now and Then
It’s closing time at Mulligan’s bar. As bartender Jamie prepares to lock up for the night, a frantic...
Now We Are Pope: Frederick Rolfe in Venice
Now We Are Pope: Frederick Rolfe in Venice explores the last hour in the life of writer Frederick Ro...
The Nuclear Family
Bill and June appear to have the perfect marriage. They muse on how lucky they are to have the perfe...
Nude with Violin
Set in 1954 Paris, Nude with Violin is a light comedy of manners. The play is a satire about the hig...
A Number
Caryl Churchill's A Number is a play that explores the issue of human cloning through the relationsh...
The Octoroon
The Octoroon was written by Dion Boucicault and was adapted from the novel The Quadroon by Thomas Ma...
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An Octoroon
A Black playwright is struggling to find his voice among a chorus of people telling him what he shou...
Oedipus El Rey
Is a man master of his own destiny or merely a puppet of Fate, who pulls the strings while acting ou...
Oh Captain!
"Oh, Captain" concerns a proper British couple “ Captain Henry St. James and wife Maud. Captain Henr...
Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh What a Lovely War is a biting, kaleidoscopic satire of the First World War created by Joan Littl...
The Old Bachelor
In the bustling social whirl of Restoration London, the story centers on Heartwell, a grumpy old bac...
The Old Cart Wrangler's Saga
We’ve all seen that lone shopping cart sitting on the edge of a parking lot. Who goes and gets it,...